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| UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in an attempt to boost efforts to end post-election violence. | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in an attempt to boost efforts to end post-election violence. |
| Mr Ban will meet opposition leader Raila Odinga. He saw President Mwai Kibaki at a summit on Thursday. | Mr Ban will meet opposition leader Raila Odinga. He saw President Mwai Kibaki at a summit on Thursday. |
| The UN chief's predecessor, Kofi Annan, is expected to resume talks with the two leaders, postponed after an opposition MP was killed. | The UN chief's predecessor, Kofi Annan, is expected to resume talks with the two leaders, postponed after an opposition MP was killed. |
| This led to clashes in some towns, in which police shot dead two protesters. | This led to clashes in some towns, in which police shot dead two protesters. |
| The BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri in the western town of Eldoret says there were running battles overnight between opposition supporters and the police. | The BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri in the western town of Eldoret says there were running battles overnight between opposition supporters and the police. |
| Barbaric acts are being committed, civilian populations are being killed in atrocious ways, with women and children raped Bernard Kouchner Tension after MP shot deadTrapped in a fracturing Kenya class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=4165&edition=2&ttl=20080126131755">Send us your comments Eldoret is where MP David Too was shot dead by a policeman on Thursday, in what police say was a domestic dispute but the opposition say was an assassination. | |
| France has called on the UN Security Council to help stop the violence. | France has called on the UN Security Council to help stop the violence. |
| Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner expressed fear that the country was being allowed to slide into a "deadly ethnic conflict." | Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner expressed fear that the country was being allowed to slide into a "deadly ethnic conflict." |
| More than 850 people have died in political and ethnic violence since the 27 December presidential elections, which the opposition says were rigged. | More than 850 people have died in political and ethnic violence since the 27 December presidential elections, which the opposition says were rigged. |
| 'Special responsibility' | 'Special responsibility' |
| The purpose of the visit was to offer support to Mr Annan's panel and be briefed on the humanitarian crisis, a UN official told Reuters news agency. | The purpose of the visit was to offer support to Mr Annan's panel and be briefed on the humanitarian crisis, a UN official told Reuters news agency. |
| There has been fresh violence in the Rift ValleyAt the AU summit in Ethiopia, Mr Ban urged Kenyan leaders to find a peaceful way out. | There has been fresh violence in the Rift ValleyAt the AU summit in Ethiopia, Mr Ban urged Kenyan leaders to find a peaceful way out. |
| "President Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga... have a special responsibility to solve the crisis peacefully," he told delegates. | "President Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga... have a special responsibility to solve the crisis peacefully," he told delegates. |
| And in a statement issued from Paris, Mr Kouchner called on the UN Security Council to act. | And in a statement issued from Paris, Mr Kouchner called on the UN Security Council to act. |
| "In the name of its duty to protect, it must urgently come to the aid of Kenya's population," he said in a statement. | "In the name of its duty to protect, it must urgently come to the aid of Kenya's population," he said in a statement. |
| "Barbaric acts are being committed, civilian populations are being killed in atrocious ways, with women and children raped." | "Barbaric acts are being committed, civilian populations are being killed in atrocious ways, with women and children raped." |
| "We fear that this drift could plunge Kenya into a deadly ethnic conflict." | "We fear that this drift could plunge Kenya into a deadly ethnic conflict." |
| At the summit, African Union commission chairman Alpha Oumar Konare told African leaders that they should get involved in resolving the crisis. | At the summit, African Union commission chairman Alpha Oumar Konare told African leaders that they should get involved in resolving the crisis. |
| "We cannot sit here with our hands folded," he said. | "We cannot sit here with our hands folded," he said. |
| "If Kenya burns, there will be nothing for tomorrow." | "If Kenya burns, there will be nothing for tomorrow." |
| In Nairobi, substantive negotiations started for the first time on Thursday but were adjourned after Mr Too was shot dead. Mr Too was the second MP to be killed, and his death raised fresh tensions in parts of the Rift Valley, the scene of serious violence this month. | In Nairobi, substantive negotiations started for the first time on Thursday but were adjourned after Mr Too was shot dead. Mr Too was the second MP to be killed, and his death raised fresh tensions in parts of the Rift Valley, the scene of serious violence this month. |
| As well as the trouble in Eldoret, police fired teargas to disperse protestors in the town of Kisumu, and in the MP's home town of Kericho, buildings were set alight. | As well as the trouble in Eldoret, police fired teargas to disperse protestors in the town of Kisumu, and in the MP's home town of Kericho, buildings were set alight. |
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